Three weeks after David's sentencing, I moved Marcus and Julian into Sterling Estate.
It was not a difficult decision. David still had allies on the outside. Men who had not been named in the trial but who had benefited from his blackmail network for years. Men who might decide that eliminating the woman who brought him down was worth the risk. Arthur agreed immediately.
"I will sleep better knowing you are protected," he said. "Both of you. All of you."
Julian resisted at first. "I can handle myself."
"You helped dismantle a criminal enterprise," I said. "You testified against powerful men. You are not walking around the city alone until we are certain it is safe."
He moved in the next day. Marcus was already there.
The estate felt different with them in it. Fuller. Louder. Marcus a
